1937 All-America college football team


The 1937 All-America college football team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose All-America college football teams in 1937. The ten selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1937 season are Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, the Associated Press, the United Press, the All-America Board, the International News Service, Liberty magazine, the Newspaper Enterprise Association, Newsweek, the North American Newspaper Alliance, and the Sporting News.

Consensus All-Americans

For the year 1937, the NCAA recognizes 10 published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.
NamePositionSchoolNumberOfficialOther
Clint FrankQuarterbackYale10/10AAB, AP, COL, INS, LIB, NANA, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, CE, WC
Marshall GoldbergHalfbackPittsburgh9/10AAB, AP, COL, INS, NANA, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, CE, WC
Joe RouttGuardTexas A&M8/10AP, COL, LIB, NANA, NEA, NW, SN, UPCP, CE
Byron WhiteHalfbackColorado7/10AP, COL, INS, LIB, NEA, SN, UPCP, CE
Sam ChapmanFullbackCalifornia6/10AAB, AP, COL, LIB, NANA, UPWC
Ed FrancoTackleFordham5/10AP, COL, NW, SN, UPCP
Leroy MonskyGuardAlabama5/10AAB, AP, COL, LIB, SNWC
Andy BershakEndNorth Carolina4/10COL, NANA, NEA, SNCP, CE
Alex WojciechowiczCenterFordham4/10INS, NANA, SN, UPCE, WC
Chuck SweeneyEndNotre Dame3/10AP, NW, UPCP
Tony MatisiTacklePittsburgh3/10AAB, AP, NANACE, WC

All-American selections for 1937

Ends

Chuck Sweeney, Notre Dame Andy Bershak, North Carolina

Tackles

Ed Franco, Fordham Tony Matisi, Pittsburgh

Guards

Joe Routt, Texas A&M Leroy Monsky, Alabama

Centers

Alex Wojciechowicz, Fordham

Quarterbacks

Clint Frank, Yale

Halfbacks

Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburgh Byron White, Colorado

Fullbacks

Sam Chapman, California

Key

Bold = Consensus All-American
  • -1 – First-team selection
  • -2 – Second-team selection
  • -3 – Third-team selection

Official selectors

Other selectors